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GPT-4 vs Llama 4 Maverick

Llama 4 Maverick leads GPT-4 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 9.3 to 6.7, and Llama 4 Maverick costs 60.0x less per output token ($1.00 vs $60.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 37 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace GPT-4 Replace Llama 4 Maverick
GPT-4OpenAI
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$60.00
3
Llama 4 MaverickMeta Llama
Coding
No data
Overall
21.8
Output $/M
$1.00
34
vs boards won of 37 shared

GPT-4 or Llama 4 Maverick: which to pick

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick GPT-4 for work measured by AA Coding Index or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.

Model AGPT-4OpenAINot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BLlama 4 MaverickMeta LlamaNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmark$1.491 per solved task
Shared results
37
GPT-4 only
8
Llama 4 Maverick only
48
Like-for-like categories
6 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
GPT-4 not benchmarked, Llama 4 Maverick not benchmarked.
Widest category
Knowledge, 20.0 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run): GPT-4 34.9% against Llama 4 Maverick 67.1%, 32.2 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
GPT-4 $60.00 against Llama 4 Maverick $1.00 per million output tokens, 60.0x apart.
Context window
GPT-4 takes 8K tokens, Llama 4 Maverick 524K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryGPT-4BarsLlama 4 MaverickTies
Coding13
Intelligence02
Reasoning04
Math02
Knowledge05
General218
All shared boards334
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index13
Coding benchmarks for GPT-4 and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4Llama 4 MaverickLeader
Aider polyglotNot measured15.6%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
SWE-bench Verified22.4%21.0%GPT-4
SWE-bench Lite39.7%Not measuredOnly GPT-4 measured
SWE-bench (full test set)12.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-4 measured
AA Coding Index13.116.3Llama 4 Maverick
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured47.3%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured39.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
SciCodeNot measured31.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured6.8%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
WeirdMLNot measured24.5%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
ALE-BenchNot measured173.0Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: coding12091301Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: software and IT11951299Llama 4 Maverick
Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Intelligence benchmarks for GPT-4 and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4Llama 4 MaverickLeader
AA Intelligence Index6.79.3Llama 4 Maverick
Epoch Capabilities Index125.7132.2Llama 4 Maverick
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for GPT-4 and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4Llama 4 MaverickLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured0.6Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured17.8%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Reasoning benchmarks for GPT-4 and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4Llama 4 MaverickLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured69.4%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured71.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)34.9%67.1%Llama 4 Maverick
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured4.9%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
ARC-AGINot measured4.4%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
ARC-AGI-2Not measured0.0%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
SimpleBenchNot measured27.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
BIG-Bench Hard75.1%Not measuredOnly GPT-4 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts12001281Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: expert11491259Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English12091295Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Vision: diagramsNot measured1134Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Vision: homeworkNot measured1164Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Kagi LLM BenchmarkNot measured55.9%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for GPT-4 and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4Llama 4 MaverickLeader
AIMENot measured25.2%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MATH 500 (Vals AI)Not measured85.2%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MGSM (Vals AI)Not measured92.4%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
AA Math IndexNot measured19.3Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured19.3%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
GSM8K92.0%Not measuredOnly GPT-4 measured
LMArena Text: math12301299Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: mathematical work12281295Llama 4 Maverick
Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index05
Knowledge benchmarks for GPT-4 and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4Llama 4 MaverickLeader
MMLU ProNot measured79.4%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured77.8%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured49.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured66.6%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured58.5%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MedQA (Vals AI)Not measured43.3%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured36.5%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)56.2%80.9%Llama 4 Maverick
MMLU86.4%Not measuredOnly GPT-4 measured
GeoBenchNot measured52.0%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
AI2 Reasoning Challenge96.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4 measured
LMArena Text: science11771288Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare11451275Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: legal and government11911286Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: business and finance11451260Llama 4 Maverick
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for GPT-4 and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4Llama 4 MaverickLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured871Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured899Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured838Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured882Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured901Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured880Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index218
General benchmarks for GPT-4 and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4Llama 4 MaverickLeader
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured35.7%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured54.2%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
IFBench33.2%43.0%Llama 4 Maverick
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured50.0%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
DTBench62.7%61.9%GPT-4
LMCA17.1%15.9%GPT-4
Fiction.LiveBenchNot measured46.2%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)Not measured62.0%Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
HellaSwag95.3%Not measuredOnly GPT-4 measured
WinoGrande87.5%Not measuredOnly GPT-4 measured
LMArena Text12061287Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: instruction following12011267Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: creative writing11911266Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena VisionNot measured1142Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Text: English12201303Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: non-English11941269Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: Chinese11841277Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: German11981291Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: Japanese11371206Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: Korean10871203Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: French12201259Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: Spanish11971293Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: Russian11951286Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: Polish12651275Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: multi-turn12061289Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: longer queries11901280Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: writing and language12191277Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Text: entertainment and media11841250Llama 4 Maverick
LMArena Vision: EnglishNot measured1150Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Vision: ChineseNot measured1141Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Vision: reading textNot measured1143Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Vision: humorNot measured1100Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
LMArena Vision: creative writingNot measured1099Only Llama 4 Maverick measured
Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for GPT-4 and Llama 4 Maverick
BenchmarkGPT-4Llama 4 MaverickLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

GPT-4$0.060Fits in one request
Llama 4 Maverick$0.0008Fits in one request

Llama 4 Maverick costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

GPT-4$1.68Exceeds the context window
Llama 4 Maverick$0.021Fits in one request

Llama 4 Maverick costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

GPT-4$6.60Exceeds the context window
Llama 4 Maverick$0.080Fits in one request

Llama 4 Maverick costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of GPT-4 and Llama 4 Maverick
SpecificationOpenAI GPT-4Meta Llama 4 Maverick
MakerOpenAIMeta Llama
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedMay 28, 2023April 5, 2025
Context window8K524K
Input $/Mtok$30.00$0.35
Output $/Mtok$60.00$1.00
Coding indexNot benchmarkedNot benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it00
Cost per solved taskNot computable$1.491
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is GPT-4 better than Llama 4 Maverick for coding?

Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GPT-4 for work measured by AA Coding Index or LMArena Text: coding, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, GPT-4 or Llama 4 Maverick?

GPT-4 costs $30.00 per million input tokens and $60.00 per million output tokens; Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.35 and $1.00. Cost per solved task is known for Llama 4 Maverick only.

Which has the bigger context window, GPT-4 or Llama 4 Maverick?

Llama 4 Maverick, with 524K tokens against 8K.

How many benchmarks is the GPT-4 vs Llama 4 Maverick comparison based on?

37 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. GPT-4's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Llama 4 Maverick's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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